Slasher



w. A. BLACK SLASHER Jufiy 17, 1923. 3,462,442

Filed Jan. 17, 1921 WITNESS: ATTORNEY I To all whom it ma/g concern:

Patented July 17, 1923.

i l I F ii! i WESLEY A. BLACK, OF SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA.

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Be it known that I, WESLEY A. BLACK, :1.

citizen of the United States, residing at Spartanburg, in the county of Spartanburg and State of South Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Slashers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in slashers, the principal object of the invention being to provide means for blending unsized cord ends or warp yarn with the ground or sized warp on the loom beam by means of a comb in one operation.

Another object of the invention is to provide adjustable supporting means for the cord beam which can be attached to the frame of the ordinary slasher.

.This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, ref erence will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a slasher of well known construction with my invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary plan view.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view through the upper end of one of the supporting members.

Figure 4 is a section on line 414 of Figure 3.

In Figure 1 the warp is led from beams 1 at the left through the usual sizing mecha nism 2 and around the drying drum 3. The warps passing thence around suitable guide rolls to the lease rods 4:, through the comb or combs 5 to the beam 6. This apparatus is of well known construction and operates in the usual manner.

It has been customary in making corded cotton goods to run the cords on a small beam and place it on the loom just above the plain beam, or what is commonly called the ground beam, and this process is called by weavers double beam work, one beam con tains the ground or plain part of the pattern and the other the cords. The reason that the cord ends are placed on a separate beam is that the interlacing of the ground warp contracts much faster than the cord which goes into the fabric almost straight andvif sized and run on the same beam it will kink and especially soif thecord contains morenthan three ends of the same counts of yarn.

I have found that by putting thesecord ends on a separate section beam from the ground and placing it in front of the slasher so that it will not have to pass through the boiling size with the other yarn, yet by means of a comb it is placed in proper position on the same loom beam, it has many advantages over the oldsystem of double beam work.

In carrying out my invention I provide a pair of substantially inverted V-shaped brackets 7 which are bolted to the slasher frame, one at each side thereof, as shown in Figure 2, for supporting the cord beam between the sizing mechanism and the comb so that the cords will not have to pass through the size.

I provide means for making the beam bearing adjustable and such means coma prises a substantially channel-shaped bracket 8 which is bolted to the outer face of each of the, members 7 at the upper end thereof. The outer flange of the bracket 8 is provided with a screw threaded hole 9 for receiving the screw threaded part of shaft 10 which is provided with the hand wheel 11 and the col lars 12 which are spaced apart as shown. The cross piece of bracket 8 is of clove-tailed shape in cross section to fit in the dove-tailed groove formed in the bottom of the beam bearing 13. This bearing has its outer end provided with a downwardly projecting part 14 which is forked or notched to receive that part of the shaft 10 located between the collars 12. Thus when the shaft is rotated so that it will be moved longitudinally by its engagement with the screw threaded hole 9 the bearing 13 will be caused to move with the shaft. Each bearing 13 is provided with an enlargement 15 at its inner end having a curved recess therein for receiving the beam 16.

It will thus be seen that the beam bearings may be adjusted towards and away from each other to accommodate differentlengths of beams. This position of the beam will permit the cord ends to be blended with the sized warp on the loom beam by means of the comb without the cord ends passing through the size.

While the drawings Show the supporting sus ended from the ceiling.

t is thought from the foregoing descrips tion that the advantages and novel features of my invention WlllbQ readily apparent.

- I desire it to be understood that I may I make changes in the construction and in the combination andarrangement of the several parts,- prowided' thatrsuch changesfall withinuthe SCOPGOfirthB appended claim.

What: I claimi is r In combination with ,a slasher, means for supporting'the cordwbearn'ofthe slasher bestance such bracket could be,

; for the purpose specified.

tvveen the r drying drum and the ,cornb thereof, comprising a pair 1 ofra'iligned spaced substantially V-shaped brackets bolted to the frame of the slasher, an inverted substantially channel shaped bracket secured on the opposite faces of each V-shaped bracket and being provided with the longitudinally arranged ,dOV6- tlil ;iI1 CIOSS section groove, a shaft threadedly associated with the free end tail groove and carried bytheshaft as and In testimony whereof I afii'zk my'signature.

I WESLEY ABLACK;

25 of each of the channedshaped braoket'sand 1 a beam-bearing fittingly engaged in the'ld 'ove 

